The increasingly inky and painty ramblings of a stampaholic, whilst kneeling on the floor. Yes, my knees do protest!

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

WOYWW 415

No sooner have I cleared gold powder off my trousers than we are back again.. no more disasters luckily!

Time for another desk share then... have been shopping again (and only some of the orders have arrived, to tease you all..)

a nice large picture for you to see easily... some fabulous new stencils by Stencil Girl (courtesy of Artist Trading Post) and my replacement Lindy's sprays... not mixed them up yet.
the stamps are a gift from a friend who was having a bit of a de-stash and these were the ones I opted for... and a pack of Yupo paper which (once she found it!) she's been offering to send for me to try for ages.

as you can see I've used one of the stamps already, on a pre-played with journal page...

Oxides again, for colour.
Hiding in the background, some tissue wrap (Tim Holtz) that I had used for a birthday card..

Some mark making with white and black paint and stencilled flowers (a Donny Downey stencil) with black gesso.

Another one of the stamps from Miriam, always love a dream stamp !

this journal is now nearly full, just a couple of pages left - can't wait to start a new one!

The gold trees are progressing... lots of texture paste round the edges - there was a layer there last week, but I have added to it, to highlight the white edges where the gold didn't spread.
added some birds flying round the trees

and some tone on tone yellowy-orange stamping in the background. you can't see it very well in this picture

We'll see how this comes on for next time!
Depending on whether the new stash has arrived that may also make an appearance..

till then, happy desking - see you at Julia's
sorry to keep you longer than I should... hope I don't get told off!

37 comments:

Your teasing us with your *I'm still waiting for goodies* Helen.. Lots of loveliness on your desk today and your journal page is coming on a treat, I look forward to seeing those spaces filled next week... Have a good one.. Tracey xx

Love those letters you have added on the last picture. I like things like that in my own journalling.Some great purchases and nice to see some of them in use already - great journal pages.Hugs, Neet xx

I'm disappointed, I thought you were going to have silver paint on your top this week instead of gold trousers!! :-D I'm loving that big tree in the journal pages - you're right, the addition of the white edges really emphasises the rest of the page. Lovely!Hugs, LLJ 6 xxx

LOVE the stamps - the image on the "Be happy in the moment" one is super-cute :)The gold pages are lovely and the added birds and edging are fantastic - once again, it all looks so tactile:)Have a wonderful Wednesday!Bubbles #22http://patchworkapples.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/woyww-415.html

Oh my! What a great stash! I'm jealous! I can't imagine why anyone would give away those awesome stamps (I don't let go of any of my stamps - as soon as I do, I know I will want to use it! LOL!) Your journal pages are awesome, I love the textures, and the tree page is coming along nicely! Thanks for sharing, Lindart #33

Love the big black gessoed flowers a big WOW for me. Busy day 11am-6pm it was my birthday gift to a crafter friend so we cut loads of diecuts out and filled a goodie bag for her to keep. I'm exhausted. Thanks for the visit. BJ#4

hi, Helen, you can't beat a good shopping haul the stencils are great I'm slowly beginning to build up a wee collection of my own. I especially like the text one and the art script is ace.I use mine on ATCs not brave enough to go bigger yet but finding my arty freedom slowly although still don't like inky fingers !!. what great page I love the stamp it looks great quality and your background is looking great I love the texture and the floral silhouette stamp is fab. I do love your work and great to see the trees progressing too happy belated woyww wishes and crafty hugs andrea #42

hello Helen, yet again nice new additions, especially those awesom, I suppose free, stamps.Just wondering with all the new supplies all the time, are you able to use all of them at least once lol??? have a nice weekend, vicky

ooh my gosh! I am so impressed with the stencils! I think stencils and embossing folders are some of my favorite crafting tools. Great looking pages! I haven't bought any of the oxide distress inks yet. I have so many different ink pads etc I would have to get rid of them to justify more! Thanks for visiting my blog earlier. I was so happy that I remembered in time. Vickie #43

Fabulous stencils and both page spreads are looking amazing. I just love the texture and those huge flower stems, and scrumptious tinting on the photo stamp. Love the trees against the leftover gold spritzing too - and that framing texture is very cool.Alison x

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Hi, I'm Helen - H. As well as stamping and crafting, I love to take photos. I read lots, and love football - I have supported Liverpool since I was about 15, but I watch lots of other sport too. I work full time in a job I love but it doesn't leave me as much time as I'd like for either crafting or photography! You can also follow me on twitter @stampingbyh